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The Wisconsin tourism industry is getting a financial boost.  Governor Tony Evers announced ten-million-dollars in grants for local communities to grow the state’s tourism industry.  Tourism revenue dipped last year because of the COVID crisis but the industry is showing a rebound this year. 

The University of Wisconsin System can no longer independently implement COVID-19 regulations.  The state legislature’s Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules has told officials the university system can no longer ignore state law in regards to COVID-19 mandates that impact students and campus visitors.  Instead, UW officials will need to declare an emergency, subject to review by the Joint Committee, which can either approve or suspend part or all of that emergency order.

On Friday, July 30, 2021 at 6:23pm the Barron County 911 center received a call of a jet ski accident on the Chetek Chain of Lakes, Mud Lake. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with the Barron County Recreational Deputy, the Wisconsin DNR, Chetek Fire and EMS and Life Link Helicopter all responded to the scene. Initial investigation shows 2 jets skis collided with each other. Each jet ski had 2 occupants on them. No injuries were reported

On August 2, 2021 at approximately 20:53 the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received a 911 call of a motorcycle vs. deer crash at the intersection of Highway 37 and Highway 88 in the Town of Mondovi. It was reported that the operator of the motorcycle, 28 year old, David Gene Warn, III of Milton, WI, was injured and laying in the roadway.  Upon arrival of emergency crews, the 2002 Harley Davidson motorcycle was laying on its side in

The Democratic Party of Milwaukee County is all in for the 2024 Democratic National Convention.  The Democratic National Committee included Milwaukee in its list of about 20 cities invited to compete for the party’s national convention.  The Democrats’ national convention was originally scheduled for Fiserv Forum last year before the pandemic forced it to become a mostly virtual event.  Officials with the Democratic Party of Milwaukee County say after the city missed out on the opportunity to host the convention

Officials with the Marshall E. Sherrer Correctional Center in Milwaukee are searching for an inmate who escaped the facility Sunday night.  The escapee is identified as 28-year-old Dontrell Washington.  The Wisconsin Department of Corrections and Milwaukee Police have joined in the search for Washington.

Officials with Generac Power Systems say they are voluntarily recalling two models of the company’s portable gas-powered generators.  Officials with the company say an unlocked handle on the generators can pinch a person’s fingers against the generator frame when the unit is moved.  Generac is based in Waukesha. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

A longtime Wisconsin broadcaster has died.  Sixty-one-year-old Gene Purcell was killed in a motorcycle crash in Madison last week.  Purcell was the director of Wisconsin Public Media, the parent organization of Wisconsin Public Radio and PBS Wisconsin.  Prior to starting that position in 2018, Purcell was the executive director of the Educational Communications Board, which licenses and maintains the network of public radio and TV stations in the state.

A Milwaukee man is being charged for allegedly firing a handgun into the air near a crowd of fans celebrating the Milwaukee Bucks winning the NBA championship last month.  Eighteen-year-old Montavist McKeown faces counts of possession of a firearm by a felon and disorderly conduct.  McKeown allegedly fired gunshots about a half-mile away from the Bucks’ home arena shortly after they beat the Phoenix Suns for their first championship in fifty years.  No one was hurt.

A 31-year-old man is pleading not guilty to a charge of burglary of a building in an attempted burglary at Princeton Valley Golf Course in Eau Claire.  Nicholas Mason of St. Paul entered the plea yesterday and is one of three suspects who allegedly tried to steal an ATM from the course.  They were caught by course owners, who chased them away.  Mason is due back in court on Friday.